English words: queerphobe to Quichuan

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English words queerphobe to Quichuan

queerphobe noun: Someone who has a fear or hatred of queer people; a person exhibiting queerphobia.
queerphobia noun: Fear or hatred of queer people. (Compare homophobia.)
queerphobic adjective: Having a fear or hatred of queer people.
queerplatonic adjective /ˌkwiɹ.pləˈtɔn.ɪk/: Not romantic and (usually) not sexual, but sharing a stronger emotional bond than typical in a friendship.
queersome adjective: Characterised or marked by queerness; peculiar; odd
queerspawn noun: The children of gay or lesbian parents.
queerspeak noun: The style of language used by people who are queer, or do not conform to norms of gender and sexuality.
queersploitation noun: A genre of exploitation films dealing with queer or homosexual people.
queery adjective, noun: Queer; curious; strange.
queesting noun: An old custom in Holland by which sweethearts were allowed to share a bed and talk together, without any amorous activity.
Queets noun: A Native American tribe of Washington.
queezy adjective: Alternative spelling of queasy.
quefrency noun /ˈkwiːfɹənsi/: The inverse of the distance between successive lines in a Fourier transform, measured in seconds.
quegh noun: Alternative form of quaich.
queh-queh noun: A Guyanese celebration before a marriage, with singing, dancing, and rituals.
queimada noun: A traditional drink from Galicia, Spain, made from aguardiente, herbs, lemon peel, coffee beans and cinnamon. It is set alight before drinking.
Queirosian adjective: Relating to the works of Eça de Queiroz.
queitite noun: A monoclinic-sphenoidal mineral containing lead, oxygen, silicon, sulfur, and zinc.
Quek proper noun: A Chinese surname from Hokkien or Teochew.
-quel suffix: Indicating some form of sequel
quelbe noun: A style of folk and popular music from the Virgin Islands, traditionally performed by bands consisting of ukulele, banjo, guitar and washboard with various...
quelch noun, verb: To squelch; to eliminate.
quelea noun /ˈkwiːlɪə/: The African weaverbird (genus Quelea).
Quelimane proper noun: A city in Mozambique.
quell noun, verb /kwɛl/: To subdue, put down, or silence (someone or something); to force (someone) to submit.
quellable adjective: Able to be quelled.
quelle surprise phrase /ˌkɛl sə(ɹ)ˈpɹiːz/: What a surprise.
quellenforschung noun: The study of the sources of, or influences upon, a literary work.
queller noun: One who quells; one who overpowers or subdues.
quelling adjective, noun, verb: The act by which something is quelled.
quellingly adverb: In a quelling manner
quellio noun: A ruff for the neck.
quellkörper noun: An apical layer of gelatinous cells found on the ascostromata of fungi in the order Coronophorales.
quellung noun: The swelling of the capsule of a bacterium; once used to identify the bacteria
queltehue noun: Synonym of southern lapwing.
queluzite noun: A metamorphic rock composed of spessartine garnet, tephroite, amphibole, pyroxene and mica.
quemadero noun: A place where Spanish heretics were executed by burning.
Quemado proper noun: A census-designated place in New Mexico.
queme verb: To please, to satisfy.
Quemoy proper noun /ˌkiˈmɔɪ/: Synonym of Kinmen.
quena noun: A traditional flute of the Andes.
quenacho noun: A larger, lower-toned version of the quena (traditional flute of the Andes).
quench noun, verb /kwɛnt͡ʃ/: To satisfy, especially a literal or figurative thirst.
quenchability noun: Ability to be quenched.
quenchable adjective: Able to be quenched.
quenchableness noun: The quality of being quenchable.
quenchant noun: The liquid used in the quenching process of metallurgy, or used to obtain rapid cooling in cryoscopy
quenchcoal noun: A person or thing that undermines religious zeal; hence a heartless, uncaring person with respect to religion.
quencher noun: Something that quenches (thirst, fire, etc.)
quenching noun, verb /ˈkwɛn.t͡ʃɪŋ/: The extinction of any of several physical properties.
quenchingly adverb: So as to quench or extinguish.
quenchless adjective: That cannot be quenched; unquenchable.
quenchlessly adverb: In a quenchless manner.
quenchlessness noun: unquenchability
quenchy adjective: Quenching.
quenda noun: A short-nosed bandicoot, Isoodon fusciventer, found in southwestern Western Australia (formerly treated as a subspecies of the southern brown bandicoot,...
quenelle noun, verb /kəˈnɛl/: A light dumpling made of lightly spiced minced meat or fish bound with egg and poached.
quenepa noun: The mamoncillo.
quenk noun: Synonym of collared peccary.
Quenneville proper noun: A surname from French.
quenouille noun: The distaff- or cone-like shape of a tree that has been subjected to quenouille training.
quenouille training noun: A method of training trees or shrubs in the shape of a cone or distaff by tying down the branches and pruning.
quenselite noun: A monoclinic-sphenoidal pitch black mineral containing hydrogen, lead, manganese, and oxygen.
quenstedtite noun: A rare iron sulfate mineral that forms violet or white triclinic crystals.
Quentin proper noun /ˈkwɛntɪn/: A male given name from Latin.
Quenya proper noun /ˈkwɛn.jə/: A constructed language created by J. R. R. Tolkien modelled on Greek, Latin and Finnish.
quequisque noun: new cocoyam
Querandí noun: Indigenous South-American tribe who lived in the present Argentine province La Pampa.
quercetagetin noun: A flavonol found in grasses of the genus Eriocaulon.
quercetagitrin noun: A glucoside of quercetagetin.
quercetamide noun: An amide obtained from quercetin in the form of an amorphous orange-yellow powder.
quercetin noun /ˈkwɜː(ɹ).sɪt.ɪn/: A flavonol found in many fruits, vegetables, leaves and grains.
quercetinase noun: Any enzyme, typically a dioxygenase, that breaks down quercetin.
quercetum noun: A wood or plantation of oak trees.
quercic acid noun: quercin
quercicobufagin noun: A cardiotoxic bufanolide steroid secreted by the oak toad Bufo quercicus.
querciform adjective: Resembling an oak: in particular, resembling the (lobed) leaf of an oak.
quercimeric acid noun: An acid with chemical formula C₈H₆O₅, obtained by fusing quercitin with caustic potash.
quercimeritrin noun: A flavonol glucoside, with chemical formula C₂H₂₀O₁₂, found in cotton flowers.
quercin noun: A form of tannic acid extracted from acorns and oak-bark.
quercine adjective /ˈkwɜː.saɪn/: Having characteristics of an oak (of genus Quercus)
quercinic acid noun: quercin
quercinitol noun: scylloinositol
quercista adjective: Of or relating to Orestes Quércia (1938 – 2010), the 28th governor in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.
quercitannic adjective: Of or pertaining to quercitannic acid or its derivatives
quercitannic acid noun: One of the two forms of tannic acid, found in oak bark and leaves.
quercitannin noun: Tannic acid derived from oak galls.
quercitannoform noun: Tannoform derived from quercitannin or quercitannic, rather than gallotannic, acid.
quercite noun: A white crystalline substance found in acorns.
quercitin noun /ˈkwɜɹsɪtɪn/: A flavonoid found in fruits, vegetables, leaves and grains.
quercitol noun: The sugar alcohol 5-deoxyinositol present in acorns and the bark of oaks
quercitrin noun: A glycoside formed from the flavonoid quercetin and the deoxy sugar rhamnose, a constituent of quercitron dye.
quercitron noun: A yellow dye obtained from the bark of the black oak.
quercivorous adjective: Feeding on oak leaves.
quercoid adjective: Resembling or characteristic of an oak.
quercous adjective: Of, or relating to, oak trees (genus Quercus).
Quercy proper noun: A cultural region and former province in modern-day Occitania, France, located in the present department of Lot, the northern half of the department of...
quercyite noun: A calcium phosphate mineral, now considered to not be officially approved.
quercypsittid noun: Any extinct parrot in the family Quercypsittidae.
Querecho noun: A member of an Apache people inhabiting part of what is now Texas.
querela noun: A complaint preferred in a court.
querele noun: A complaint to a court in Old English law.
querencia noun /kɛˈɹɛnsɪə/: The area of the bull-ring where the bull makes its stand.
Querendi noun: A Native American group of eastern Buenos Aires.
Querendis noun: Synonym of Querendi (“Native American group”).
querent noun /ˈkwɚɛnt/: A complainant; a plaintiff.
Querétaro proper noun /kɪˈɹeɪtɛəɹəʊ/: A state of Mexico.
queriable adjective: Alternative spelling of queryable.
querida noun: darling
querier noun: One who, or that which, queries.
queriman noun: The sandbar shark.
querimana noun: A mugilid in the pelagic juvenile development stage.
querimonious adjective /kwɛɹɪˈməʊnɪəs/: Complaining; querulous.
querimoniously adverb: In a querimonious manner.
querimoniousness noun: The quality of being querimonious, of tending to complain.
querimony noun: A complaint.
querisome adjective: Alternative form of querysome.
querist noun /ˈkwɪəɹɪst/: A person who queries or asks questions; an interrogator, a questioner.
querk verb /kwɜːk/: To throttle; choke; stifle; suffocate.
querken verb /ˈkwɜːkɪn/: To querk.
querkle noun: A painting by numbers puzzle, consisting of a mass of numbered circles, that reveals a hidden image when the circles are coloured in
querl noun, verb: To twirl; turn or wind around; coil.
quern noun, verb /kwɝn/: A mill for grinding corn, especially a handmill made of two circular stones.
quernstone noun: Either of a pair of stones used for grinding material by hand.
quero noun: Alternative form of kero (“Inca drinking-cup”).
querpo noun: The inner or body garments; underwear.
querquedule noun: teal (of the genus Querquedula)
Querquetulanae noun: The nymphs of the oak grove.
Querrey proper noun: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
quersprung noun: A kind of jump turn where the skier turns 90 degrees in the air.
querulant noun: One who has obsessive feelings of having been wronged.
querulent adjective, noun: Habitually suspicious or querimonious.
querulential adjective: querulous; complaining
querulist noun: A querulous person; a peevish complainer.
querulity noun: Synonym of querulousness.
querulosity noun: querulousness
querulous adjective /ˈkwɛɹ(j)ʊləs/: Often complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fretful, whining.
querulously adverb /ˈkwɛɹ.ʊ.ləs.li/: With grumbling, complaining, or whining.
querulousness noun: The quality of being querulous.
query noun, verb /ˈkwɪə.ɹi/: A question, an inquiry (US), an enquiry (UK).
query language noun: Any of several generalized computer languages in which users may extract data from selected records in a database.
query letter noun: A formal letter sent to an editor, literary agent or publisher in order to propose an idea for a written work.
query plan noun: The sequence of steps used to execute a given query in a SQL-based database.
query processing noun: Processing of a specific set of instructions for extracting particular data.
query string noun: A sequence of data appended to a URL to supply input parameters in the form of name-value pairs.
queryable adjective: That can be queried.
querying adjective, noun, verb: Questioning, or prone to asking questions.
queryingly adverb: With, or as, a question or query.
queryist noun: One who asks a question.
querysome adjective: Characterised or marked by inquiry, inquisitiveness, or inquisition.
ques noun: Abbreviation of question.
quesabirria noun: A Mexican dish of birria-style cooked beef folded into a tortilla with melted cheese and served with a side of broth for dipping.
Quesada proper noun: A surname.
quesadilla noun /ˌkeɪ̯səˈdiː(l)jə/: A Mexican dish made by filling a tortilla with cheese and sometimes other ingredients and then cooking it until the cheese is melted.
quesalada noun /ˌkeɪ̯səˈlɑ.də/: A combination quesadilla and enchilada.
quesalupa noun /ˌkeɪ̯səˈluːpə/: A combination quesadilla and chalupa.
quesarito noun /ˌkeɪ̯səˈɹiː.təʊ/: A combination quesadilla and burrito.
quesited noun: The object or goal that is sought in divination.
quesitive adjective: Of or relating to an unknown quantity.
Quesnel proper noun: A surname.
queso noun /ˈkeɪsoʊ/: Ellipsis of chile con queso: melted cheese, used for instance as a dipping sauce.
queso fresco noun: A type of soft creamy white cheese originating in the Iberian peninsula.
quest noun, verb /kwɛst/: A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.
Questa proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
questant noun: Somebody who undertakes a quest.
quester noun: A person engaged in a quest.
questful adjective: questing; in search of something
questhouse noun /ˈkwɛsthaʊs/: A building in which inquests were heard.
questid noun: Any annelid in the family Questidae.
questie noun /ˈkwɛs.ti/: A user of a virtual reality headset from the Meta Quest series.
questin noun: The substituted anthraquinone 3-methyl, 1,6-dihydroxy, 8-methoxy 9,10-anthraquinone found in some species of Rubiaceae
questing noun, verb: The act of going in quest of something.
questingly adverb: So as to quest; with curiosity, desire to search, etc.
questinol noun: An anthraquinone derivative found in certain fungi.
question noun, verb /ˈkwɛs.tʃən/: A worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative.
question-begging adjective, noun /ˈkwɛst͡ʃənˌbɛɡɪŋ/: begging the question; logically circular.
question mark noun, particle /ˈkwɛstʃ(ə)n ˌmɑːk/: The punctuation mark "?", used at the end of a sentence to indicate a question.
question-marked adjective: With a question mark.
question master noun: A quizmaster.
question of fact noun: An issue that has not been predetermined and authoritatively answered by the law.
question of law noun: An issue to be decided by the judge, concerning the application or interpretation of the law.
question of privilege noun: In parliamentary procedure, a request related to the rights and privileges of the assembly or any of its members.
question of time noun: Synonym of matter of time.
question period noun: In the federal and provincial parliaments, a period of regularly scheduled time in the lower chamber during which members of the official opposition party...
question sheet noun: A set of questions or exercises that evaluates a student's knowledge or skills.
question stem noun: In a survey or examination, the focus or salient part of a particular question that the respondent or examinee is asked to answer, excluding any additional...
question tag noun: The "tag" at the end of a tag question
question the question verb: To ask that a proposed question's presuppositions be explicitly justified, especially as a preliminary to answering it, for example a complex question or...
question word noun: A word used in forming questions.
questionability noun: The state of being questionable.
questionable adjective /ˈkwɛst͡ʃənəbl̩/: Problematic; open to doubt or challenge.
questionableness noun: The state or condition of being questionable; dubiousness.
questionably adverb: in a questionable manner
questionary adjective, noun /ˈkwɛstʃən(ə)ɹi/: A questionnaire.
questionee noun: One who is questioned.
questioner noun: A person who asks questions, or who conducts an official enquiry.
questionful adjective: questioning; full of questions
questioning adjective, noun, verb /ˈkwɛs.t͡ʃə.nɪŋ/: The action of asking questions; a survey; an inquiry.
questioningly adverb /ˈkwɛst͡ʃənɪŋli/: In a questioning manner.
questionist noun: A person preparing for, or taking, their final exam at university.
questionize verb: To ask questions of; to question.
questionless adjective, adverb: Certain; indubitable; unquestionable; not admitting of question or doubt.
questionlessly adverb: In a questionless manner; assuredly.
questionlessness noun: Absence of questions.
questionmaster noun: Alternative form of question-master.
questionnaire noun, verb /ˌk(w)ɛstʃəˈnɛə/: A form containing a list of questions; a means of gathering information for a survey.
questions noun, verb /ˈkwɛst͡ʃənz/: A game in which players must only say questions, and if they don't they lose.
questions and commands noun: An old game similar to truth or dare.
questionwise adjective: In terms of or by means of questions.
questless adjective: Without a quest.
questlessness noun: Absence of a quest.
questlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a quest.
questline noun /ˈkwɛstˌlaɪn/: A storyline consisting of a number of linked quests.
questman noun: One who is legally empowered to look into certain matters, especially abuses of weights and measures.
questor noun: Alternative spelling of quaestor.
questorial adjective: Alternative form of quaestorial.
questorship noun: Alternative form of quaestorship.
questrist noun: A seeker or pursuer.
questuary adjective, noun /ˈkwɛstjʊəɹi/: Acquisitive; greedy.
questward adverb: Toward a quest.
quetch verb: Alternative form of quitch.
Quetelet proper noun: A surname.
quetenite noun: botryogen
queth noun: Speech, talk.
quetiapine noun /kwɪˈtaɪ.əˌpin/: An antipsychotic drug taken orally in the form of its fumarate (C₂₁H₂₅N₃O₂S)₂·C₄H₄O₄ especially to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. It is marketed...
quetsch noun /kwɛt͡ʃ/: A dark-skinned variety of plum.
quetta- prefix /ˈkwɛ.tə/: In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10³⁰ (a short scale nonillion or...
quettabit noun /ˈkwɛtəˌbɪt/: One nonillion (10³⁰) bits. SI symbol: Qb.
quettabyte noun /ˈkwɛtəbaɪt/: One nonillion (10³⁰) bytes. SI symbol: QB.
quettacyonid noun: Any member of the Quettacyonidae.
quettagram noun: An SI unit of mass equal to 10³⁰ grams. Symbol: Qg
quettagramme noun: Alternative spelling of quettagram.
quettameter noun: US spelling of quettametre.
quettametre noun: An SI unit of length equal to 10³⁰ metres. Symbol: Qm
quettaparsec noun: An astronomical unit of distance equal to 10³⁰ parsecs.
quettasecond noun: An SI unit of time equal to 10³⁰ seconds. Symbol: Qs. (= sextillions of years, a hypothetical time span that is meaningless except in speculative contexts...
quetzal noun /ˈkɛt.səl/: Any trogon of the genus Pharomacrus, especially a resplendent quetzal (Pharomacrus mocinno), which has very long tail feathers and is found in Guatemala and...
Quetzalcoatl proper noun /ˌkɛt.səl.kəʊˈæt.əl/: The Aztec name for the Feathered-Serpent deity of ancient Mesoamerica, one of the main gods of many Mexican and northern Central American civilizations.
quetzalcoatlite noun: A blue mineral containing zinc, tellurium, and copper.
quetzalcoatlus noun /kɛtsəlkoʊˈætləs/: A large toothless pterosaur of the genus Quetzalcoatlus.
Quetzaltenango proper noun: A city and municipality, the capital of Quetzaltenango department, Guatemala.
queuable adjective: Alternative spelling of queueable.
queue noun, verb /kjuː/: A line of people, vehicles or other objects, usually one to be dealt with in sequence (i.e., the one at the front end is dealt with first, the one behind is...
queue-jump verb: To jump the queue.
queue-jumper noun: One who jumps the queue.
queue up verb: To queue (form a line while waiting).
queueable adjective: That can be queued.
queued adjective, verb /kjuːd/: Having a tail or tails.
queueing noun, verb: Alternative form of queuing.
queueing theory noun: The study of the behaviour of queues, and of stochastic processes on which they are modelled.
queueless adjective: Without a queue (line of people or things waiting).
queuelessness noun: Lack of a queue (the hairstyle).
queuemanship noun: The use of tactics in order to minimise the time spent waiting in a queue
queuer noun /ˈkjuːə(ɹ)/: One who queues; a person waiting in line.
queuine noun: A hypermodified derivative of guanine present in the anticodon of some tRNAs
queuing noun, verb /ˈkjuːɪŋ/: The act of queuing up (lining up) or waiting in line/on line.
queuing theory noun: Alternative form of queueing theory
queuosine noun: A modified nucleoside present in certain tRNAs in bacteria and eukaryotes.
Quevedo proper noun: A surname.
quey noun /ˈkwaɪ/: A heifer.
queyu noun: A skirt or apron of woven glass beads worn by Amerindian women of Guyana
Quezada proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
Quezon proper noun /ˈkɛ.zon/: A surname from Spanish [in turn from Hokkien], originally of Chinese origin common with Filipinos of Chinese ancestry
Quezonian adjective, noun: A native or inhabitant from Quezon province.
Quezonin adjective, noun: An inhabitant from Quezon province.
Qufu proper noun: A county-level city of Jining, Shandong, China.
qugate noun: The kind of logic gate used in quantum computing.
quhat pronoun: Obsolete spelling of what.
quhatsoever adjective, pronoun: Obsolete spelling of whatsoever.
quhen adverb: Obsolete spelling of when.
quhere adverb: Obsolete spelling of where.
quhich pronoun: Obsolete spelling of which.
quho pronoun: Obsolete spelling of who.
quhom pronoun: Obsolete spelling of whom.
quhow adverb: Obsolete spelling of how.
qui-hi interjection, noun: An Anglo-Indian call for a servant.
Qui-Hye noun: Alternative form of qui-hi.
qui tam adjective, noun /kwiː ˈtæm/: A writ whereby a private individual who assists a prosecution can receive all or part of any penalty imposed.
qui vive noun: a state of heightened vigilance, especially prior to battle
quia adjective, adverb: Relating to the belief that the Book of Concord is authoritative because it faithfully describes the Christian faith as revealed in the Bible.
Quiapo proper noun /ˈkja.poʔ/: A district of Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines.
quib noun: A quip or gibe.
quibble noun, verb /ˈkwɪbəl/: An argument or objection based on an ambiguity of wording or similar trivial circumstance; a minor complaint.
quibbler noun: Somebody who quibbles.
quibblesome adjective: Characterised or marked by quibbling
quibbling noun, verb /ˈkwɪblɪŋ/: petty argument
quibblingly adverb: In a quibbling manner; with petty argumentativeness.
quibbly adjective: Fussy; quibbling.
Quiberon proper noun: A town and coastal resort in Morbihan department, Brittany, France.
quiblet noun: A quibble; an objection.
QUIC proper noun: A multiplexed transport layer protocol based on UDP.
quica noun: A small opossum, Didelphis quica, from Guiana and Brazil
quice noun: Alternative form of queest.
quiche adjective, noun /kiːʃ/: A pie made primarily of egg and cream, perhaps mixed with chopped meat or vegetables, in a pastry crust.
quiche-eater noun: A man who is effeminate or who lacks some putative masculine virtue.
quiche lorraine noun: A type of quiche, originally from the area of Lorraine in France, made with cheese and bacon.
Quichean adjective: Of or relating to the K'iche' (Quiché) people or language.
quichelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a quiche.
quichey adjective: Resembling or characteristic of quiche.
Quichuan adjective, noun: Dated form of Quechuan.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under Q: 3,883 words, in 13 parts.